I was praying earlier this morning and doing my devotions and was reading from several passages of scripture. I would encourage you to read them…Prov.25:19-28, Matt.5:44, Romans 12:9-21.
My thoughts, meditations, and prayers were toward these verses and so I wanted to share them with you as well. As believers these scriptures provide for us a powerful insight on not only leadership but personal development in our journey with the Lord. Many leaders commit the error of separating leadership from relationships. This happens when a person steps into a position of leadership and assumes that everyone will follow his or her ideas because of their position. Some leaders wrongly believe that their knowledge alone qualifies them to lead others. People really don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. We cannot separate leadership from relationships. Leaders help themselves by developing good relational skills.
One of the reasons why a church can be so POWERFUL is because there is nothing more powerful than an army of volunteers. People commit to giving their life to something (CAUSE) without being made or paid to be there. When leaders can lead volunteers watch out because something is about to be invaded and territories are about to be conquered!
Paul instructs us how to lead through relationships in Romans 12:9-21:
- Avoid hypocrisy…always be sincere and genuine (v.9)
- Stay loyal to those around you…treat others like family (v.10)
- Give preference to others…honor the desires of others above your own (v.10)
- Be hospitable…look for ways to meet the needs of others (v.13)
- Return evil for good…respond (act) don’t react, when others hurt you (v.14)
- Identify with others…treat others needs or victories as your own (v.15)
- Keep an open mind toward others…work and seek to connect with those you speak with (v.16)
- Treat everyone with respect…even those who may work against you (v.17)
- Do everything possible to keep peace…choose wisely which hills to die on (v.18)
- Remove revenge from your life…let God be the one to judge others; you love them (v.19-21)
Practice these 10 things in your everyday walk…and it becomes contagious for others as well!! Have a great day.
